Dara McIntosh, Kara Lentz, and Michelle McMahon appear on Friday’s “The Big Ten Women’s Sports Report” at 2:30 p.m. ET and bring you a profile on current Indiana women’s soccer coach Mick Lyon and his wife Elizabeth. Both suffer from multiple sclerosis but continue to fight it and have a positive outlook on life. (Update: Watch the feature in this post.) Also Friday, Big Ten volleyball and field hockey highlights, analysis and breakdowns as well as a look at the latest “Midnight Madness” events for women’s basketball. On Thursday night, Ohio State’s Tiffany Cameron and the Buckeyes beat No. 17

On last week’s episode of “The Big Ten Women’s Sports Report” we showed you the first part of a two-part series on former Iowa women’s athletic director Dr. Christine Grant and how Title IX changed the landscape of women’s athletics. Update: We’ve posted that first part here online as well as the second part (see below). Also on today’s show, analyst Michelle McMahon breaks down recent volleyball highlights while Kara Lentz looks at the latest in Big Ten field hockey.

On Friday’s “Big Ten Women’s Sports report,” Penn State volleyball coach Russ Rose joined our crew to talk about the season to date. Watch an extended online-only version of the chat further down in this post, and tune in at 2:30 p.m. ET for rest of this week’s TV show. Rose talks about scheduling strong non-conference teams and why Penn State is off to a strong start. Dara McIntosh, Michelle McMahon,and Kara Lentz take a closer look at Nebraska volleyball team this season. In addition to soccer and field hockey highlights, we unveil the first part of a two-part feature

Dara McIntosh, Kara Lentz, and Michelle McMahon hit the BTN studio for the season debut of “The Big Ten Women’s Sports Report” today at 2:30 p.m. ET. Our first show includes an overview of the volleyball season, including highlights from Wednesday’s big match between Nebraska and Penn State. We also preview Friday night’s match between Minnesota and Illinois (airs on BTN/BTN2Go at 8 p.m. ET). Our show today also includes field hockey highlights from the past week and preview of Indiana vs. Penn State. That event airs live today on BTN/BTN2Go right after our show at 3 p.m. ET. We also

A handful of Big Ten women’s basketball games on Thursday night including Purdue at Michigan. Brittany Rayburn scored 15 points to help Purdue break a three-game losing streak with a 60-49 win over Michigan. Loads of other action tonight. Track the scores on the Big Ten scoreboard and dive inside this post for highlights from around the conference. Watch a montage of some of the best assists by Ohio State’s Samantha Prahalis: Samantha Prahalis scored a school-record 42 points in her final home game and Ohio State routed Minnesota 81-56. BTN Student U wraps up Indiana’s wins 62-60 over Wisconsin:

It was a battle of Top 25 opponents as No. 17 Penn State beat No. 19 Purdue, 74-63. Maggie Lucas scored 28 points to lead the Nittany Lions in the win. Watch the highlights now and follow our scoreboard for other results from around the conference. Also, dive inside for an interview with Lucas from earlier in the day and much more. Ohio State never trailed in handing Indiana its 13th straight loss, 75-54 on Thursday night: Meanwhile, Minnesota women’s basketball defeats Illinois 60-53: And, Northwestern ends the night with an upset win, 63-51 over Nebraska:

During the latest edition of “Big Ten Women’s Sports Report,” Kara Lentz offered fans a behind-the-scenes look into how Michigan State women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant balances being a coach and a mom. Watch the feature here and check out our entire collection of Big Ten video feature stories.

Five women’s basketball games in the Big Ten tonight beginning with Northwestern at Michigan State. Watch highlights of Michigan State’s 72-58 win now, track all of the results on our Big Ten women’s scoreboard and jump inside this post for much more women’s basketball coverage including an interview with Purdue’s Brittany Rayburn. The “Big Ten Women’s Sports Report” caught up with Purdue’s Brittany Rayburn. Our BTN Student U crew wraps up the action between Minnesota and Iowa. Alexis Moore made a game-winning layup with two seconds left to give Illinois a 66-65 win over Ohio State. Carmen Reynolds matched a season

BTN aired a doubleheader of women’s basketball on Thursday night including Northwestern-Michigan and Minnesota-Illinois. Watch the highlights of Michigan’s win over Northwestern now and dive inside this post for highlights from Champaign and additional women’s basketball coverage. Adrienne GodBold scored 18 points to lead Illinois to a 72-67 win over Minnesota. Michigan State’s Porsche Poole is coming off the two best games of her career and the Big Ten Women’s Sports Report talked to her about getting the Spartans back on track. Other teams in action were Indiana at Penn State, Nebraska at Purdue, and Iowa at Wisconsin. Track them

All 12 of the Big Ten’s women basketball teams played Thursday night, including Illinois who beat Michigan State 71-62 in overtime. Catch up on our scoreboard page, dive inside for highlights as well as a video feature on Illinois women’s basketball coach Jolette Law, who helped raise money for charity by coaching a game in her bare feet. In other action tonight, Maggie Lucas had 23 points and eight rebounds Thursday night to help Penn State beat Michigan 77-56. Watch the highlight below and read the full AP story. Samantha Prahalis had 18 points and nine assists to help Ohio